There was no pressure on me while batting: Steyn

Dale Steyn, along with Amit Mishra, was responsible for Hyderabad winning the low-scoring encounter against Delhi. Chasing 115 for victory, Steyn joined Mishra when Hyderabad were 100/7 and stayed till the end to help his side register their third win in the tournament. Speaking to IPLT20.com, Steyn said he was never expecting to bat although he expected the Kotla wicket to be a tough one for the batsmen.

"I didn't really expect to bat but I think it was one of those wickets where it was always going to be a difficult chase. 130 runs would have been close to impossible to get I reckon today."

"Both teams bowled really well. Tonight was a game for the bowlers definitely. So hats off to both sides for fighting it out till the last over," he added.

Steyn got rid of the dangerous David Warner while Ishant Sharma accounted for Mahela Jayawardene and Virender Sehwag off back to back deliveries to dent Delhi's chances very early. Steyn said getting those wickets were very important as Delhi might have gone on to post a total in excess of 130, which would have made things difficult for Hyderabad.

"To get early wickets like that puts the (opposition) team on the back foot. If we hadn't got those wickets they could have gone on to make 130 maybe 140 and I think it would been a really difficult score to try and get."

While mentioning that Delhi are a quality team who haven't clicked yet, Steyn said if his side had gotten off to a good start with the bat, the total would have seemed a lot lesser for Delhi.

"They have been a bit undercooked this season so we kind of knew that if we played our best cricket they would probably only give us about seventy percent competition. I think 115, if we would have gotten a good start, it would have felt like only seventy runs for them on the board. But they fought well tonight. They are a good side. They really are a good side, they just haven't clicked yet."

Steyn mentioned that he was under no pressure when he came out to bat as Hyderabad required less than six an over at that stage.

"There wasn't really any pressure to be honest with you. You are either going to win or you are going to lose, so it's one of the two things. I just wanted to put bat on ball and try and score the runs. Luckily we didn't have to score more than six runs per over so it was really just bat on ball and it was really was just our game to lose."